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Tango0128 Sep 2020 9:51 p.m. PST

"In the 1930s, the Italian Army realized the desperate need to replace the old Fiat-Revelli mod. 1914 still in service. The Army refitted considerable stocks of the old mod. 1914 to create the new . However, this was a stop-gap solution, and a new modern weapon was required.

The Ernesto Breda weapons factory delivered the solution with the 1936 design for a heavy machine gun firing the 8×59 mm Breda cartridge (very similar to the German 8 × 57 IS). The Regio Esercito welcomed the new weapon and immediately adopted into service in 1937…"

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